<< Our Photo Pages >> Craig-Y-Fan Ddu - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in Wales in Powys

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Craig-Y-Fan Ddu
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Merthyr Tydfil  Nearest Village: Talybont
Map Ref: SO05631806
Latitude: 51.853125N  Longitude: 3.371559W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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SandyG visited on 4th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Plenty of car parking is available at SO 05653 17599. From here follow the steep footpath north to SO 05444 17948 then head north east for a short distance to the row.

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu
Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : What I found was many stones standing proud of the steep southeastern facing hillside, with the majority of them seemingly arranged in three rows running around the hillside. (Vote or comment on this photo)
On the southern slopes of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu are marked Stones on my 1:25000 OS map. The Coflein description states them to be of unknown origin, but to me they reminded me very much of the Exmoor stone settings.

We had just parked in the Blaen-y-Glyn carpark and started to walk up the long steep slog to the top of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu at the start of a long days walk around pretty much the whole of the top of the Brecon Beacons ridge when I spotted these stones marked. As they were only a few hundred yards off to the east of the footpath, I had to go and have a look.

What we found were many stones standing proud of the steep southeastern facing hillside, with the majority of them seemingly arranged in three rows running around the hillside, but with a few other more solitary stones standing about in the vicinity, notably a few lower down the hillside towards a fairly notable spring.

From memory, as I had nothing with me to make notes, the upper row had about 5 or 6 stones still standing, mainly about 2 feet tall, with another couple fallen, all fairly evenly spaced at just under 10 yards from each other. The second row, probably about 10 yards downhill from the first, had 4 or 5 stones standing with a couple fallen but still in place. The third row had I think only about three stumps of stones, all smaller than the upper two rows.

This is a really beautiful place with super views to the east over the Brecon hills.

Update September 2019: This stone row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Craig Y Fan Ddu, which includes a description, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, a plan of the row (from a recent survey carried out in September 2018), plus access arrangements.

The SRoGB also gives links to Coflein NPRN 305678 (Craig-y-Fan Ddu, Stone Rows), and the CADW 2011 Excavation Report.

Note: Description and pictures of this remote and little known stone setting now here for all to enjoy.
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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by SandyG : Plan of Craig y Fan Ddu stone row (Source: 1:200 survey by Sandy Gerrard). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by SandyG : The southern part of the stone row. View from the east (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by SandyG : The southern part of the stone row. View from the north east (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by SandyG : View from west showing the location of the stone row. There was plenty of suitable stone readily available. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by SandyG : View from north east (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : View of Craig y Fan Ddu looking south from Graig Fan Las. The position of the stone setting is approximately as shown by the arrow. (3 comments)

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : A view looking down the hillside through the stones towards a fairly notable spring.

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : Another view of the upper row. That'll be Cwar y Gigfran and Waun Rydd in the background to the northeast.

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : The upper row has about 5 or 6 stones still standing, mainly about 2 feet tall, with another couple fallen, all fairly evenly spaced at just under 10 yards from each other.

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : On the southern slopes of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu are a group of stones, which reminded me very much of the Exmoor stone settings. Seen here looking up the hill from the southeast.

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : The main group of stones seen looking uphill from one of the more solitary outliers.

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : There are a few other more solitary stones standing about in the vicinity. (1 comment)

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : Lookling upwards towards the top of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu. Although well lined up along the slope, the stones in the parallel rows do not line up well across the rows. (2 comments)

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : The middle row of stones, on the southern slopes of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu. Viewed here looking northeast.

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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : The upper row of stones, on the southern slopes of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu. Viewed here looking northeast.

Craig-Y-Fan Ddu
Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : On the southern slopes of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu are marked Stones on the 1:25000 OS map. As I was passing nearby, I went for a look. They reminded me very much of the Exmoor stone settings. This is a view of the overall site, looking northeast.

Craig-Y-Fan Ddu
Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain : On the southern slopes of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu are marked Stones on the 1:25000 OS map. They reminded me very much of the Exmoor stone settings. View downhill towards the east.

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Re: Craig-Y-Fan Ddu by coldrum on Tuesday, 12 October 2010
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Coflein entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/305678/details/CRAIG-Y-FAN+DDU%2C+STONE+ROWS/
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